"The Backstop system has helped us grow and accomplish more than we ever realized we could.”
“By using Backstop, our managers can easily access financial information and analysis anytime when making investment decisions.”
“Breadth of functionality. Quality of customer service. Strong focus on innovation, product improvement, and customer needs.”
“Follow up very responsive and creative with solutions. Client focused.”
“Well tailored for the needs of the PE/VC industry and fundraising efforts."
"Backstop has been a great solution for our firm and working with Backstop has been a great experience since the very beginning."
“It was very much a patchwork of analysis that constrained the ability of the very talented people to extract the conclusions that they required.”
“Backstop is an excellent platform for any institution within the financial services industry with a vast array of products and functionality and an excellent support team. I would highly recommend this product to any friend or colleague.”
“Backstop allows us to maintain the organization’s memory. Turnover is an unavoidable truth in any institution. As people go, they take with them crucial knowledge. Backstop is how we can mitigate this the system helps to keep track of all the conversations we have and all the people we have them with.”
“We are able to connect relationships, understand who the players are, and manage meetings and communications. The system and the tools Backstop has provided to us are second to none in that regard.”
“We run private commingled funds across various opportunities that include everything from real estate to hedge funds. We also do more niche-type asset classes. For example, we own private golf clubs and manufactured housing communities, and make those opportunities available to our qualified clients. We like to think we’re able to ‘dig into the weeds’ in direct investing in a way that some of our competitors might not be able to.”
“Backstop’s core functionality is driven by relationships, and that is how our team works. Through Backstop, we can see performance numbers, cashflows, evaluations, and the like to better manage and develop each specific investor relationship.”
“Focusing on building long-term relationships with managers has — over time — enabled us to take advantage of opportunities that are not available to other institutional investors.”
“Not only are we happy with the cost savings provided by Backstop, we’ve experienced at least a 10% improvement in report generation time. By moving performance reporting to Backstop, we’ve improved our data accuracy, and it’s even helped us better communicate across the team. We’ve been really impressed by Backstop’s ability to listen to its users so that the product keeps evolving to meet our needs.”
“Backstop is very user-friendly, intuitive, and has broad functionality. It is not just a great platform for contact information and a repository for all client engagement, but also useful in marketing campaign management and identifying suitable targets. In addition, the support provided is professional, informed, and readily available to assist with functionality of the platform.”